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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16360	A deuoute epystle of treaty for them that ben tymorouse and fearefull in conscience whiche treatyse yf yt be well red ouer [and] folowyd wyll brynge the reders out of all scrupulosite of conscience and seruyle feare, [and] brynge them to the holy feare and loue of almyghty God. Compyled by a brother of Syon (called wyllyam Bonde a Bacheler of Diuinitie) on whose soule Jesu haue mercy... .; Directory of conscience	Bonde, William, fl. 1526-27.	1534 (1534)	STC 3276; ESTC S110744	30,541	54

to his saluacion And that the enemy knowyng though he can not ouercome hym yet he wyll trouble hym wery hym as doctours sayeth dryue hym to that poynte yf he can that he shall be wery to suffre payne for hys synnes for the loue of Iesu crist In whiche yf the faythfull soule resyst hym be not ouercom but paciently suffer all his craftes paynes troubles certaynly that soule dothe meryt greatly byldyth his hye crowne of glory to the great confusion of the enemy which synned fell without eny suche occasion or payne but only of his fre wyll But yf a soule wyl be weake faynt and not strongly call for grace to resyste hym Anone he wyl lay greter sege to hym assayle hym with more temptacions He wyl brynge hym to anguysshe of spirit whiche is a spūall pensyuenes And that parlous payne he wyl by darkyng of his reason bryng hym to yet a greter payne that is to say to tediousnes of lyfe And there vpon next he wyl if he be not resysted moue hym to desperaciō whiche is the vttermost that he may do in the soule that louyth god For certaynly though he may brynge his owne saruantes suche that louyth the worlde better then god to forther cōfusion yet the saruantes of god and the elect chosen vessels of grace he may neuer fynally confoūde in that temptacion nor in any other as saynt Gregory sayeth in the secōde boke of his morals ¶ A lamentable cōplaynt of the dulle Soule The .xiiii. Chapitre BVT som wol saye syr I am so maruelously troublyd some tyme that me thynketh I am lefte forsaken of god and all hys aungells holy sayntes and I am as yt were a thynge that were taken delyuerid to the enemy for my synnes I haue no swetnes nor deuociō but all my lyfe is as yt wer a tediousnes all swetnes deuocion is taken from me And I as a thynge lefte dry without merues to nothynge apte nor disposyd that is goostly And that bryngeth me to suche feare that I may trust hope of no ioy in heuen nor eny thyng that is good in erth but only loke for dampnacion Ah. holy soul and yf thou wyst what these paynes doth profyt the thou woldest haue a mery spryt a lyght harte For certaynly other these greate temptacions byn only payne to the. or els they byn wylfully desyryd of the. If they byn only payne knowe thou for cartaynte that they byn no syn Captlo xiiii de vera religione For as oure holy father saynte Austine sayeth Syn is so volūtary that if yt be not volūtary yt is no syn as doctours sayeth what so euer temptaciō man suffre yf he cōsent not yt is no syn but only payne meryt specially in these spūall temptaciōs whiche ben ageynst fayth and hope For as scripture sayeth this is our glory this is oure vyctory our moste strong myghty fayth Prima Ioānes v. in Iesu cryste whiche knowyth his saruantes and electe chyldren better then they know them selfe He knowyth that leuer they had to suffre dethe as martyrs than they wolde breke or gyue ouer or cōsent to the enemy in suche temptacions paynes whome therfore he putyth for the tryall meryt in these greate paynes by cause theyr crowne glory shulde be the more hye in heuen And certeynly theyr payne were a kynde of martyrdom if they wolde suffre yt gladly as holy martyrs dyd fuffer dethe for the loue of Iesu crist But for as moche as eny parson is not lyke stronge in fayth hope the holy loue of god necessary yt is to shew som remedyes cōfortes how holy fathers byfore vs hathe behauyd themselfe in suche temptacions ¶ Good remedyes ageynste Spirituall temptacions The .xv. Chapitre DOctours wrytyth that in suche spūall temptacions we shuld behaue our self otherwyse then in carnall temptacions For in carnall temptacions we oughte to make stronge resystence euer wrastell ageynst them but we may not do so in spūall temptacions wysely dyscretly we must resyste them but in no wyse wrastell wyth them when the enemy putyth to you a mocion of infydelyte reason not with hym and lyke wyse when he castyth a suggestion of desperacion stryue not with hym but vse this medecyne Suspende youre reason restrayne all youre sensys plucke vp all youre spirites as the mocion cōyth so let yt passe without stryfe If it be only of the disposicion of our corrupte nature this is sufficient yf yt be vsyd If yt com of the enemy he wyll not leue you so but he wyll cleue otherwyse worke more trouble Then after the coūseyl of doctours vse thys remedy Dyssymul shew your selfe to set lytel by it or nought though the thyng be grete And lyfte vp youre mynde to god remembre hys tendre marcy in the redempcion of man how yt is his ordenaūce in suche tēptacions paynes to proue his saruantes to whome he entendith to gyue the crowne of glory But yf the enemy be feerce wol not cesse for this as he is most subtyll crafty then meke your selfe vnto god offer your selfe for his loue for the dew fruyte of penaūce for your synes gladly with thankes of hart to suffer al paynes that yt shall please his grace to sende you And wyth the call crye with harte voyce on the holy name of Iesu .x. tymes or more or lesse as your deuocion saruith with som holy swete meditaciō of reuerence to the same as god shall put in to your mynde This verteu of mekenes confessyon of the name of Iesu in harte worde the enemy may not abyde For though for a lytel tyme he wol pretende and semble as yf he were not abasshyd for that verteu and name as the sarpent that scripture spekyth of Psal lvii whose property ys for the tyme to stoppe his erys yet by the wordes of the enchanter in conclusion she is ouercom taken So the enemy though he wol not be a knowen therof but som tymes more fersly he wol make insurrecciō after that holy name Iesu be spoken yet certeynly that holy name namyd he is ouerthrowen therfore strongly parsew hym with the same with mekenes he shall fle with grete cōfusion to the grete comfort of all them that abydyth as treu seruantes parseuerant in this theyr profe to theyr greate tryumphe and to the vtter confusion of the enemy Experience shewyth also cōfort remedy ageynst such temptacions A certayne parson ther was that by the space of .ii. yeres more was troubelyd wyth suche mocions often tymes by water by lande he had mocions to desperacion to the moste abhomynable that may be to distroy hym selfe bothe by water otherwyse And the ꝑson neuer ceasyd but callyd to god dayly parseuerantly to strēgth hym euer confessyng hymselfe the